Delivery/retail (non-food) business growing much faster than expected
Predictor: Dara Khosrowshahi · ep#243 "Uber vs. Tesla, Robotaxi Timelines, and the End of Human Driving | Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi | #243" · source
Prediction text
Delivery/retail (non-food) business growing much faster than expected | the expansion into grocery, into every single part of retail, whether it's Best Buy or makeup or Sephora, etc. has been has been growing much much faster than we expected.
Verbatim quote
the expansion into grocery, into every single part of retail, whether it's Best Buy or makeup or Sephora, etc. has been has been growing much much faster than we expected.
Predictor: Dara Khosrowshahi
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Probability over time
Milestone chain
- 2026-02-04overdueUber non-restaurant deliveries reach $12.5B annual run rate by end of 2025How: Uber Q4 2025 earnings call confirms non-restaurant delivery annual run rate of approximately $12.5 billionSource: https://www.pymnts.com/news/retail/2025/uber-eats-growth-grocery-retail-delivery-business/conf 92%
- 2026-02-04overdueUber Q4 2025 delivery revenue grows 30% YoY to $4.9BHow: Uber Q4 2025 earnings release shows delivery revenue at or above $4.9B with 30% YoY growthSource: https://investor.uber.com/news-events/news/press-release-details/2026/Uber-Announces-Results-for-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2025/default.aspxconf 95%
- 2026-01-01 → 2026-12-31pendingUber adds 1000+ new retail partners in 2026 including marquee namesHow: Uber discloses cumulative new non-food retail partner count exceeding 1,000 in 2026 earnings calls (Aldi, Sephora, Best Buy class)Source: https://www.ainvest.com/news/uber-strategic-retail-expansion-growth-engine-demand-commerce-2509/conf 78%
- 2026-04-01 → 2026-12-31pendingNon-restaurant delivery growth rate exceeds rideshare growth rate in 2026How: Quarterly Uber earnings show non-restaurant grocery+retail GMV growth rate persistently above mobility (rideshare) growth rate during 2026 quartersSource: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/04/uber-uber-2025-q4-earnings.htmlconf 72%
- 2026-09-01 → 2027-02-28pendingDollar Tree partnership generates $500M incremental revenue by year-end 2026How: Dollar Tree-Uber partnership delivers ≥$500M incremental run-rate revenue (per analyst estimates of 10% discount-store delivery share)Source: https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/03/23/uber-quietly-expanding-into-multitrillion-dollar/conf 55%
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| Sim | Source | Title | Market prob | Polarity | Reviewed | Published |
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| 0.557 | manifold | Will I restrict my food-buying behaviour in line with this market in May? | 47% | mentions | pending | 2026-05-01 |
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